Process-kettle for cooking canned fruit



No Model.)

J. BAKER.

PROCESS KETTLE FOR COOKING CANNED FRUIT.

Patented June 17, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BAKER, OF )IUSGATINE, IOW'A.

PROCESS-KETTLE FOR COOKING CANNED FRUIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,554, dated June 17,1884. Application filed October 22, 1853. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may (mime/'11,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN BAKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at IlIuScatine, in the county of Muscatine and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UprightProcess- Kettles Used in Cooking Oanned,Fruit and other Canned Articles,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention consists in certain improvements in the construction ofupright processkettles used in cooking canned fruit and other cannedarticles, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central section ofa process-kettle having my improvements. Fig. 2- is a top view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a plan of one of the trays in which the filled cans areplaced. Fig. at is a vertical section of one of the trays.

A represents the body of the kettle, cylindrical in form, andconstructed, usually, of wrought-iron, with a rim, a, secured to thetop.

13 is the detachable head or cover ofthe kettle, provided with an ironrim, a, secured thereto and having lugs don its periphery, as seen inFig. 2. A vertical screw-bolt, c, has a pivotal connect-i on atf withthe head B, and

( extends upward through an aperture in the arm of a crane, C, the stockof which extends into a bracket, fastened to the side of the kettle. Thecrane is provided with ashoulder, h, which has bearing on the rim a. Itis also braced by the rim 0, which has a recess at '0' to receive thestock of the crane. A threaded hand-whcel, D, is placed on the serew-rod0, above the arm of the crane, for the purpose of raising the cover asdesired. The rim a, secured to thekettle, has 011 its periphery lugs (2,corresponding in position with the lugs (l on rim 0. The lugs 1. areeach connected with an eccentric roller, [5, by means of :1V link, in,and when the kettleis closed the links are turned up over theprojections or lugs d of rim 0, and the eccentric is turned by means ofa hand-bar inserted in a hole in the eccentric until the head .13 istightly secured.

The kettle is provided with a perforated false bottom, I), securedtherein as shown.

l is a. supply-pipe for steam or 'ater, the

same entering the kettle below the false bottom E, the pipe being closedat its inner end, and that part of it which extends into the kettlebeing perforated for the distribution of steam or hot water.

G is a blow-oil pipe leading from the bottom of the kettle, and having astop-cock, n, with a handle, 0, extending upward, so that the cock maybe operated from above. j

H are brackets secured to the kettle, and when the latter is set inposition the brackets rest on the timbers of a floor, the lower end ofthe kettle extending below the floor.

K is one of the trays for containing the cans of fruit or other articlesof food, the same being constructed of perforaterl sheet metal, providedwith arim secured to the open top, across which extends a crossbar, p,which braces the tray. The handle 1 of the tray is pivotally connectedwith the bar 1), so that it may be laid down or raised, as desired, asshown. Three trays of cans. are usually employed to fill theprocess-kettle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. The rests s,which are fastened on the inside near the top of the trays, are designedto support the bail turned down in position to be readily reached whenrequired for handling the trays, and to allow them to be placed one uponanother in the kettle.

\Vhen it is desired to open the kettle for removing the contents, thelinks H:- are loosened and turned off the projections 11 of head B, andthe head is raised by turning wheel D on screw-boltc, when the crane (Fis swlmgaronnd, thus removing the head 13 entirely from the top of thekettle, and the trays containing the cans may be lifted out.

flu this application do not claim the construction and eombinat ionoflhe devices which are shown and claimed in my pending application X0.109,888, filed October 2t, .1883, for a process-kettle.

.[ claim as my invenl ion l. The combiimlion, with the nprightkettle A,having the bracket 1/ and rim 1!, of the removable cover l1, providedwith. the rim (1, having the recess 1', the crane (,3, provided with thebearing-shoulder 71-, and extending through the rim (1. and bracket thethreaded wheel l7, and the scrmv-rml 1', having pivotal connection withthe cover B, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the upright kettle A, provided with the rim a,lugs d, and bracket of the removable eover B, provided with the rim 0and lugs d, the crane C, and thethreaded rod 6, extended through the endof the crane and provided with the wheel D, and having pivotalconnection with the cover, the eccentrics k, and links m, having pivotalconnection with the lugs d, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

3. In an upright kettle, the perforated trays K, each provided with abar, 1;, rest 8, and

bail (1, pivoted to the bar and constructed to be turned dow'n upon therest within the tray in position to allow the trays to be placed oneabove another in the kettle, and in posit-ion for the bails to bereadily accessible in removing the trays from the kettle, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

J OHN BAKER.

Witnesses:

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